The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 23, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
3:14 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 610
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.55° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.49° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.